Someone stole my street shoes

[Dogmama]

I'm always surprised by the people, usually men, who leave their car keys & cell phones laying around the gym. How easy to steal a car - just keep clicking the car alarm until one responds. I had my cell phone stolen once & the cretins had downloaded about $100 worth of porn before I got it shut off - only a couple of hours. Verizon didn't make me pay for it, thank goodness.

[Savra]

I once had a leather jacket with my cell phone in it stolen from a gym locker room. I posted signs everywhere saying it was "lost" and that I really needed it back. A couple of days later it suddenly appeared and was turned in at the desk. I'm thinking the guilt of seeing those signs had a play in getting it back. Maybe signs could help you. Just a thought.

[kajero]

I posted signs everywhere saying it was "lost" and that I really needed it back. A couple of days later it suddenly appeared and was turned in at the desk.

I already asked. NO signs at Lifetime. Oh well.

[Raindrop]

A friend of mine had his used and very wet bike shorts stolen while he was in the shower. It amazes me what people will take. There couldn't be a resale value on these things...but then again, there's always Ebay or Craigslist. Check there for stolen items....you never know!

[Pip]

At our gym it's apparently not uncommon for shoes to be stolen from underneath lockers, so I've never left mine out. I learned my lesson many years ago after leaving a coat out that had badges all over it from my travels on a student exchange scheme. They included some which were given to me by my host mother and were therefore very precious to me. I tried putting notices up but obviously the thief didn't have enough of a conscience. For some people I guess the opportunity is just too tempting. I did spend years looking for the badges on people though!

[soprano]

I used to swim at a JCC where very few people locked their lockers. One day I came back from my swim to find that someone had put a lock on my locker! I ended up having to tramp upstairs in my bathing suit to talk to the building manager about getting the lock cut off, which was a bit embarrassing due to the 30 Orthodox rabbis present in the lobby. The manager decided the we had to search every locker in the room (maybe 200?) to make sure that my things hadn't been moved before she could cut the lock. She and the staff thought that the lock might have been put there by another patron who had dementia; she was known to do funny things like that. After that incident I started requesting a lock when I got my towel at check-in.